A woman was killed in Madaripur in a melee over a land dispute on Sunday morning.
According to witnesses and the police, 55-year-old Sarba Begum was with her husband Alem Mridha when he was having a heated argument with their neighbor Jalil Mridha on Sunday morning, over a plot of land in a long-running dispute.
The argument escalated into full-blown fisticuffs, and Sarba fell to the ground. Her family took her to the local medical facility, where the doctor pronounced her dead.
The incident took place in the village of Ditiyakhand in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur.
Shibchar police station Officer-in-Charge, Zakir Hossain Molla, said Sarba was the victim of a land dispute. He said the body is being autopsied and a case will be filed in this regard.